{"id":2020824,"date":"2023-09-03T12:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T16:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-confronted-with-study-that-raised-doubts-about-masks\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T12:44:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T16:44:39","slug":"fauci-confronted-with-study-that-raised-doubts-about-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-confronted-with-study-that-raised-doubts-about-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci questioned over study casting doubt on masks."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffauci-confronted-with-study-that-raised-doubts-about-masks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2020824&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><h2>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/anthony-fauci\">Anthony \u200bFauci<\/a> Responds to\u200c Study Questioning Effectiveness of Face\u2063 Masks<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The debate over the efficacy of face masks in curbing the spread of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/covid-19\">COVID<\/a> continues to be a topic of discussion. During an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e3AMslS6cKw\">interview on CNN<\/a>, host Michael\u200b Smerconish brought\u2064 up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-two-democratic-senators-oppose-the-15-minimum-wage\/\" title=\"Why Two Democratic Senators Oppose the  Minimum Wage\">study released<\/a> by \u200dThe Cochrane Institute and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/21\/opinion\/do-mask-mandates-work.html#:~:text=The%20conclusions%20were%20based%20on,against%20Covid%20than%20those%20without.\">opinion piece<\/a> from The New York Times, both questioning the effectiveness of masks.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Conflicting Opinions<\/h3>\n<p>The Cochrane study, conducted by Oxford epidemiologist \u200cTom Jefferson, raised doubts about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-surgeon-general-data-supporting-school-mask-mandates-very-weak-masking-is-parents-decision\/\" title=\"Florida Surgeon General: Data Supporting School Mask Mandates \u2018Very Weak,\u2019 Masking Is \u2018Parent\u2019s Decision\u2019\">evidence supporting mask mandates<\/a>, calling them &#8220;flawed.&#8221; However, Dr. Fauci emphasized that other reviews focus on\u2062 the individual\u200c level and show the advantages \u200cof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">mask usage<\/a> in protecting oneself and others.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><h3>Understanding \u200cthe \u2064Context<\/h3>\n<p>Dr.\u2062 Fauci clarified that while the Cochrane study&#8217;s \u200dfindings may be less firm on the overall impact of \u2063masks on the pandemic, it is crucial to consider the\u2063 individual&#8217;s\u2064 safety. The effectiveness of masks in preventing the \u200bspread of COVID has been a subject of debate, with headlines suggesting they \u2063make &#8220;little to no difference.&#8221; However, the editor-in-chief of the Cochrane Library\u2062 stated that this interpretation was inaccurate \u2064and misleading.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><h3>Adhering to\u2063 Health\u200b Recommendations<\/h3>\n<p>Expressing concern about an\u200d uptick in\u200b COVID cases and the emergence of new variants, Dr. Fauci emphasized the importance of adhering to health \u200crecommendations. While the CDC does not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-confronted-with-study-that-raised-doubts-about-masks\/\" title=\"Fauci questioned over study casting doubt on masks.\">mandate\u2064 mask-wearing<\/a>, he urged \u200dindividuals to consider the risks to themselves and their families and follow \u200cthe\u2064 CDC&#8217;s recommendations.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>interview on CNN where host Michael Smerconish questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci about a study by The Cochrane Institute, casting doubt on the effectiveness of face masks in controlling COVID transmission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2020825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}